Total Crime Rate

220.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 220.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 65.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.0 10/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 10.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rectory Square area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rectory Square (E1 3NU) in the last 12 months was 220.0 per 1,000 residents and was 109.0% higher than the St Dunstan's average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Square (E1 3NU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/76)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Diggon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Diggon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Senrab Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person A11 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs White Horse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rectory Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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